The Reg-Arts database aims to contribute to the renewal of the history of the Beaux-Arts de Paris, which has recently benefited from the development of studies devoted to the history of the teaching of artistic creation and developments in art history research.

Produced by the Beaux-Arts de Paris, the CNRS and the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA), this tool provides access to the enrolment registers of students in the painting and sculpture section of the École des beaux-arts de Paris from 1813 to 1968. It provides access to a major source and enables the data to be explored by means of a series and narrative.

These enrolment registers list around 12,000 students. They provide information on their geographical and social origin, their address in Paris, their guarantor and observations on their background. The digital publication allows the data to be cross-referenced, visualised (maps and graphs) and exported.
This project is being carried out with the support of the Fondation Malatier-Jacquet, which is supported by the Fondation de France.

Launch event introduced by Alexia Fabre, Director of the Beaux-Arts de Paris, and Eric de Chassey, Director General of the INHA.

Presentation of the project by France Nerlich, art historian, Déborah Laks, art historian and researcher at the CNRS, and Alice Thomine-Berrada, head of collections at the Beaux-Arts de Paris.

Round table discussion with sociologist Séverine Sofio, gallery owners Alix Basier and Maximilien Ambroselli, and artist Bernard Monino. Moderated by Audrey Illouz, Head of Cultural Programming.

Performance (8pm)

Lisa Lecuivre and Simon Deterre, Cheaters? Swindlers? Saboteurs? Manipulators? Cunning. Artists are cunning.

‘Does cheating mean understanding the rules? Is it economic logic that forces you to plagiarise? Is it better to become an artist or admit that you're a loser?

In reference to the work Le Christ ressuscitant le fils de la veuve de Naïm by Jean Germain Drouais, 1783.

A 15-minute performance co-written with Anne Rigollet and Simon Deterre.

Lisa Lecuivre is in the studios of Dove Allouche and Julien Prévieux; Anne Rigollet is in Julien Prévieux's studio; Simon Deterre is in Dove Allouche's studio.
 

Photo credits: © Clarisse Pillard